eShares

In today’s startup environment, it’s become standard operating procedure for stock options to be counted as part of an employee’s overall compensation. And yet, most startup employees are totally in the dark about how many stock options they have, how many of those options have vested, and how much converting those options into stock will cost.
eShares wants to change that… Read More

eShares, a company trying to replace paper records for stock options and shares, has expanded its product lineup to include something called “409A-as-a-service.”
To be honest, until speaking to co-founder and CEO Henry Ward, 409A didn’t mean anything to me. Apparently it refers to a section of the corporate tax code around the valuations used for employee stock options. Read More

When we last checked in with eShares, the company had just launched its platform for issuing and managing electronic stock, rather than paper certificates, to employees, investors, and other shareholders. Now the company hopes to make its offering even more compelling, by expanding its system to help manage stock options as well. Read More